2006-08-24 00:48:12 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Other - Health
Because you were probably not the sickest. Hospitals do not work on first come first serve. The sicker get seen first. I work in a trauma center so if a trauma roles in everyone has to wait. The latest thing in ER is "fast track". Patent's that are not as critical get seen by a nurse practitioner (NP). This keeps the non-critical patent's from backing up. The research shows that this is a much better system
2006-08-24 00:54:38 · answer #1 · answered by researchtissue 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends on your injuries and how serious the situation is. The resources in all ERs are limited and emergencies crop up regularly so the triage nurse will assess you and assign priority.
By the way,4-6 is pretty good compared with the average 8 hour wait that we have here.
2006-08-24 07:55:12 · answer #2 · answered by Ragdollfloozie is Pensive! 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's called triage. They take people with more serious problems earlier than people with less threatening problems. Been there, done that. If you want quick service, you could complain of chest pain and then collapse on the floor, but they might get a little bent when your ekg comes out fine.
'Nuff said?
2006-08-24 07:56:47 · answer #3 · answered by Mr. Peachy® 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because this is 2006, not 1956, first of all.
To get public perception on the learning curve, since in the future everyone may look upon current predicaments with nostalgia.
2006-08-24 07:54:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
E.R.s' always put the most serious patients first priority and then it's us, the ones' with our guts hanging out that called back after waiting 10 hours!!
2006-08-24 07:56:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because its easier to have a dead person than an alive person god we all know that i mean my friend cut her leg deep and we had to wait 4 hours and the place was empty almost but its the long work hours i guess
2006-08-24 08:32:25 · answer #6 · answered by art1ej 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because all of the techs and the Dr's are on breaks. They say that they are just so busy, and that it takes time to run the tests and to get back the results, but I don't think that is what it really is. I think they secretly charge us by the hour to be there so they take their sweet time and don't think that we have any other place that we would rather be..
2006-08-24 07:55:52 · answer #7 · answered by Just Me 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you happen to go there at the height of a trauma, then you are pushed back as far as importance. They will take a gun shot before your stomach ache.
2006-08-24 07:56:19 · answer #8 · answered by eplayerj 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
if anything like our er they are slow, I swear they dont move fast at all even when there is an emergency they seem to take there own darn time
2006-08-24 07:59:18 · answer #9 · answered by Jon and Nichole 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because you have not learned how to fake your way onto the fast track.
2006-08-24 07:54:12 · answer #10 · answered by kitty fresh & hissin' crew 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋